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Oedipus Rex (1967)

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

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From Time Out Film Guide

Pasolini's working of the Sophocles tragedy, though not wholly successful, has its very definite strengths. Citti's Oedipus is intuitive and primitive rather than intellectual; the myth itself is treated as a dream set in the Moroccan desert in parenthesis between 'Oedipal' scenes in modern Bologna; and visually it's often astonishing, the harsh desert sunlight and dry buildings isolating the characters effectively.

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Cast & crew

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Producer: Alfredo Bini

Cast: Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck, Alida Valli, Ninetto Davoli, Pier Paolo Pasolini full cast

Duration: 104 mins


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